Tongs



(Model.)

QLR. LGR..BOARDMAN.

Tongs.

.Patented July 27,1880.

'WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

IRVING R. LE R. BOARDMAN, OF SNEDEKERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,460, dated July 27,1.880.

Application filed June 15,1880. `(Model.) y

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, IRVING E. LE R. BOARD- MAN, of Snedekerville, in thecounty of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Tongs, of which the following is a specification.y

My invention relates particularly to tongs for household use.

The invention consists in a novel construction of the head of the tongsand arrangement of the legs therein, whereby provision is made forinsuring the proper motion of the movable leg, and preventing lateraldisplacement thereof', or locking thereof with the Xed leg, and whereby,also, several implements are combined in one.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view, partly in section,of a pair of tongs embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an edge view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the fXed leg, B the movable leg, and C a ring which forms the headof the tongs. Thefxed leg A is fast in the head (l. The movable leg Bispivoted at its upper end, and it works in and is 'guided by a slot,notch, or fork, j', formed edgewise in said ring, and embracing somewhatless that half the diameter thereof, by which means the proper motion ofthe movable leg is insured, and lateral displacement thereof isprevented.

The jaws c b ofthe legs arevangular and oblong in form, instead ofrounded or circular, as heretofore, so that either one or both may beused as a stove-cover lifter. The faces or contiguous surfaces of thejaws are roughened or serrated, to prevent the slipping of anythinggrasped by them, and each jaw is provided With a groove, d, tofacilitate the grasping of certain articles-as, for instance, the handleor bail of a pot or kettle.

On one edge of the ring or head G is a attened and roughened surface, E,which provides for the use of the implement as a hammer. Between thishammer-surface and the fixed leg is a hook, G, which may be used as astove-cover lifter, but is more particularly. intended as a pot-lifter.

At the upper edge of the tongs-head or ring C is a plate-lifting device,consisting of three lugs, J, two of which project from one side of thehead or ring and the third from the opposite side.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patenty 1. The combination, with the movable leg B, ofthe head or ring G, provided with the slot, notch, or fork f,substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. The jaws a b, of angular and oblong form, and provided with thegrooves d on their faces, as shown and described, for the purposespecified.

3. The combination of the fixed legl A, the movable leg B, and the heador ring C, provided with the hammer-surface E, pot-lifting hook G, andplate-lifting lugs J, forming a combined implement, as herein shown anddescribed. y

IRVING RANDOLPH LE ROY 4BOARDMMIl Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS DAvEY, ALICE DAVEY.

